GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| significant | having meaning |
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| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |